J R D M B
@jrdmb.bsky.social
Cosmology Researcher Talks database https://jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html and other DBs of cosmology resource materials. Enjoy dog/animal stories, human interest stories, tech stuff, SF Bay Area outdoors. Same handle on twitter and scicomm.xyz (Mastodon)
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J R D M B
@jrdmb.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Would love to see more discussions on research papers here, including on the talks. As a reference for the cosmology community, the Cosmology Researcher Talks database is a searchable catalog of openly avail talks w links to speaker's papers the talk is based on
Talks db: jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html
Talks db: jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html
Reposted by J R D M B
"The evidence for dynamical dark energy relies too much on DESI's BAO, which is just one data set... "
*Evidence for dynamical dark energy now seen with Dark Energy Survey BAO too*
youtu.be/ukMQgHj6NMI
*Evidence for dynamical dark energy now seen with Dark Energy Survey BAO too*
youtu.be/ukMQgHj6NMI
Dark Energy Survey - Combined cosmology from BAO + SN (+CMB) | Avila, Fernandez, Muir & Vincenzi)
YouTube video by Cosmology Talks
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 6:07 AM
"The evidence for dynamical dark energy relies too much on DESI's BAO, which is just one data set... "
*Evidence for dynamical dark energy now seen with Dark Energy Survey BAO too*
youtu.be/ukMQgHj6NMI
*Evidence for dynamical dark energy now seen with Dark Energy Survey BAO too*
youtu.be/ukMQgHj6NMI
Henrique Rubira - Bridging the gap between particle physics and cosmology, ICTP-SAIFR talk today, Jan 7
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhb-...
Upcoming KITP program Jan 12 - Mar 5: Exploring New Boundaries in Cosmology and Astrophysics: CMB and LSS
online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/cmbls...
#cosmology
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhb-...
Upcoming KITP program Jan 12 - Mar 5: Exploring New Boundaries in Cosmology and Astrophysics: CMB and LSS
online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/cmbls...
#cosmology
Seminars: Henrique Rubira: Bridging the gap between particle physics and cosmology
YouTube video by ICTP-SAIFR
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Henrique Rubira - Bridging the gap between particle physics and cosmology, ICTP-SAIFR talk today, Jan 7
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhb-...
Upcoming KITP program Jan 12 - Mar 5: Exploring New Boundaries in Cosmology and Astrophysics: CMB and LSS
online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/cmbls...
#cosmology
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhb-...
Upcoming KITP program Jan 12 - Mar 5: Exploring New Boundaries in Cosmology and Astrophysics: CMB and LSS
online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/cmbls...
#cosmology
2025 recap: links to 1387 cosmology research/academic videos at jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html
155 from Home series
94 CosmoVerse
77 ICTS
76 Perimeter
69 STScI
64 IAP
61 Galileo Galilei Inst
47 NORDITA
46 CERN
46 Les Houches
45 IMSc
34 Raman Research Inst
30 Majorana-Raychaudhuri
29 ICTP-SAIFR
...
155 from Home series
94 CosmoVerse
77 ICTS
76 Perimeter
69 STScI
64 IAP
61 Galileo Galilei Inst
47 NORDITA
46 CERN
46 Les Houches
45 IMSc
34 Raman Research Inst
30 Majorana-Raychaudhuri
29 ICTP-SAIFR
...
Search Talks
jrdmb.netlify.app
December 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
2025 recap: links to 1387 cosmology research/academic videos at jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html
155 from Home series
94 CosmoVerse
77 ICTS
76 Perimeter
69 STScI
64 IAP
61 Galileo Galilei Inst
47 NORDITA
46 CERN
46 Les Houches
45 IMSc
34 Raman Research Inst
30 Majorana-Raychaudhuri
29 ICTP-SAIFR
...
155 from Home series
94 CosmoVerse
77 ICTS
76 Perimeter
69 STScI
64 IAP
61 Galileo Galilei Inst
47 NORDITA
46 CERN
46 Les Houches
45 IMSc
34 Raman Research Inst
30 Majorana-Raychaudhuri
29 ICTP-SAIFR
...
Nice surprise - the TIFR Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics group hadn't posted any State of the Universe seminars since early 2025, but today they posted their videos since then
A couple video links currently aren't working but it's likely the updates are still in process & will be available soon
A couple video links currently aren't working but it's likely the updates are still in process & will be available soon
SOTU - TIFR
theory.tifr.res.in
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Nice surprise - the TIFR Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics group hadn't posted any State of the Universe seminars since early 2025, but today they posted their videos since then
A couple video links currently aren't working but it's likely the updates are still in process & will be available soon
A couple video links currently aren't working but it's likely the updates are still in process & will be available soon
Neutrinos from Home online conference was held Dec 2 - 5. A 29-talk playlist was posted the day it ended - a note of thanks to organizers for such quick availability
At least one of the talks was given by a bsky participant: @jazzwhiz.bsky.social - Neutrino Oscillations in the Three Flavor Paradigm
At least one of the talks was given by a bsky participant: @jazzwhiz.bsky.social - Neutrino Oscillations in the Three Flavor Paradigm
Neutrinos from Home 2025 - YouTube
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Neutrinos from Home online conference was held Dec 2 - 5. A 29-talk playlist was posted the day it ended - a note of thanks to organizers for such quick availability
At least one of the talks was given by a bsky participant: @jazzwhiz.bsky.social - Neutrino Oscillations in the Three Flavor Paradigm
At least one of the talks was given by a bsky participant: @jazzwhiz.bsky.social - Neutrino Oscillations in the Three Flavor Paradigm
The LeCosPA channel today released a 9-talk playlist from the Opening Symposium of the Max Planck-IAS-NTU Center in early Sept
Videos playlist:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Previously they released the slides at the event's indico site: indico.cern.ch/event/155249...
Videos playlist:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Previously they released the slides at the event's indico site: indico.cern.ch/event/155249...
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The LeCosPA channel today released a 9-talk playlist from the Opening Symposium of the Max Planck-IAS-NTU Center in early Sept
Videos playlist:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Previously they released the slides at the event's indico site: indico.cern.ch/event/155249...
Videos playlist:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Previously they released the slides at the event's indico site: indico.cern.ch/event/155249...
Parity Violation from Home 2025 today released a 32 talk playlist from their Nov 18 - 21 conference
www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSi...
Elena de la Hoz - LiteBIRD SGF: constraining isotropic cosmic birefringence
YouTube video by Research Talks (from Home)
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Parity Violation from Home 2025 today released a 32 talk playlist from their Nov 18 - 21 conference
www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSi...
The indeterminacy of Nothing
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The indeterminacy of Nothing
CERN Symposium on History of Particle Physics
Session on particle astrophysics & cosmology:
Videos (newly released) + slides
Rocky Kolb - Cosmological particle physics
Michael Turner - Particle dark matter
Slides, videos later?
Alan Guth - Inflation
Jaco de Swart - Particle Cosmology
Session on particle astrophysics & cosmology:
Videos (newly released) + slides
Rocky Kolb - Cosmological particle physics
Michael Turner - Particle dark matter
Slides, videos later?
Alan Guth - Inflation
Jaco de Swart - Particle Cosmology
4th International Symposium on the History of Particle Physics
Dedicated to the memory of Herwig Schopper 1924-2025 Following in the mould established by precursors at Fermilab and SLAC, the 4th International Symposium on the History of Particle Physics will brin...
indico.cern.ch
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
CERN Symposium on History of Particle Physics
Session on particle astrophysics & cosmology:
Videos (newly released) + slides
Rocky Kolb - Cosmological particle physics
Michael Turner - Particle dark matter
Slides, videos later?
Alan Guth - Inflation
Jaco de Swart - Particle Cosmology
Session on particle astrophysics & cosmology:
Videos (newly released) + slides
Rocky Kolb - Cosmological particle physics
Michael Turner - Particle dark matter
Slides, videos later?
Alan Guth - Inflation
Jaco de Swart - Particle Cosmology
Newly released playlist of 31 talks from Sept 23-26 ASIAA workshop: Entering a golden age of galaxy cluster studies
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
A new workshop series that will be held in Taiwan, Japan, and Korea every 1-2 years
website & timetable events.asiaa.sinica.edu.tw/workshop/202...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
A new workshop series that will be held in Taiwan, Japan, and Korea every 1-2 years
website & timetable events.asiaa.sinica.edu.tw/workshop/202...
CL2025 - YouTube
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Newly released playlist of 31 talks from Sept 23-26 ASIAA workshop: Entering a golden age of galaxy cluster studies
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
A new workshop series that will be held in Taiwan, Japan, and Korea every 1-2 years
website & timetable events.asiaa.sinica.edu.tw/workshop/202...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
A new workshop series that will be held in Taiwan, Japan, and Korea every 1-2 years
website & timetable events.asiaa.sinica.edu.tw/workshop/202...
Another useful tool to identify/probe highlights & get timestamps in 1 or more yt videos is gistr.so. Like NotebookLM, can mix in PDFs & webpages along with video(s) as sources. Unlike NotebookLM, watch the video, take notes, explore topic timestamps, etc all in same browser window.
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Another useful tool to identify/probe highlights & get timestamps in 1 or more yt videos is gistr.so. Like NotebookLM, can mix in PDFs & webpages along with video(s) as sources. Unlike NotebookLM, watch the video, take notes, explore topic timestamps, etc all in same browser window.
A wide variety of newly publicly available #cosmology talks since just Nov 1
Links to them all continually updated at the Cosmology Researcher Talks database app at jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html
Links to them all continually updated at the Cosmology Researcher Talks database app at jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html
November 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A wide variety of newly publicly available #cosmology talks since just Nov 1
Links to them all continually updated at the Cosmology Researcher Talks database app at jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html
Links to them all continually updated at the Cosmology Researcher Talks database app at jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html
Dillon Brout gave the first public talk on this new paper and the H0 Distance Network today at the CfA ITC luncheon
There were 3 talks at the lunch, this is a direct link to the start of Dillon's talk:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nzV...
#cosmology
There were 3 talks at the lunch, this is a direct link to the start of Dillon's talk:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nzV...
#cosmology
#Cosmology
The Local Distance Network: a community consensus report on the measurement of the Hubble constant at 1% precision
The baseline result is H0=73.50+/-0.81 km/s/Mpc.
by the H0DN Collaboration: Stefano Casertano, et al (incl. @styrofoamplates.bsky.social)
arxiv.org/abs/2510.23823 🧪
The Local Distance Network: a community consensus report on the measurement of the Hubble constant at 1% precision
The baseline result is H0=73.50+/-0.81 km/s/Mpc.
by the H0DN Collaboration: Stefano Casertano, et al (incl. @styrofoamplates.bsky.social)
arxiv.org/abs/2510.23823 🧪
October 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Dillon Brout gave the first public talk on this new paper and the H0 Distance Network today at the CfA ITC luncheon
There were 3 talks at the lunch, this is a direct link to the start of Dillon's talk:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nzV...
#cosmology
There were 3 talks at the lunch, this is a direct link to the start of Dillon's talk:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nzV...
#cosmology
Now using Obsidian for markdown notes, so looked for good examples covering its features => AstroWiki, study notes for MIT Astrophysics Oral Qualification Exams. Available as GitHub repo and website, d/l it for your own edits.
GitHub: github.com/AYelland/Ast...
Site: publish.obsidian.md/astrowiki
GitHub: github.com/AYelland/Ast...
Site: publish.obsidian.md/astrowiki
GitHub - AYelland/AstroWiki_2.0: These are supplementary notes for the MIT Astrophysics division oral qualification exam. For online version, see website linked below.
These are supplementary notes for the MIT Astrophysics division oral qualification exam. For online version, see website linked below. - AYelland/AstroWiki_2.0
github.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Now using Obsidian for markdown notes, so looked for good examples covering its features => AstroWiki, study notes for MIT Astrophysics Oral Qualification Exams. Available as GitHub repo and website, d/l it for your own edits.
GitHub: github.com/AYelland/Ast...
Site: publish.obsidian.md/astrowiki
GitHub: github.com/AYelland/Ast...
Site: publish.obsidian.md/astrowiki
Use Case: Quickly identify what was said about :topic in list of multiple yt talk videos (e.g., at a conf), including timestamps to those segments
Tip: Use google's NotebookLM, add talk urls to a notebook, then ask your questions. The AI uses the transcripts as source to provide the output.
Tip: Use google's NotebookLM, add talk urls to a notebook, then ask your questions. The AI uses the transcripts as source to provide the output.
October 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Use Case: Quickly identify what was said about :topic in list of multiple yt talk videos (e.g., at a conf), including timestamps to those segments
Tip: Use google's NotebookLM, add talk urls to a notebook, then ask your questions. The AI uses the transcripts as source to provide the output.
Tip: Use google's NotebookLM, add talk urls to a notebook, then ask your questions. The AI uses the transcripts as source to provide the output.
Dragan Huterer's DESI 3-Year Analysis talk yesterday at EuCAPT Virtual Colloquium
cds.cern.ch/record/2945960
A little teaser at 43:27: Are the LCDM tension & Hubble tension related?
His take is no, they're different, from segment "5 facts about hints for DDE (and Hubble tension)" starting 38:26
cds.cern.ch/record/2945960
A little teaser at 43:27: Are the LCDM tension & Hubble tension related?
His take is no, they're different, from segment "5 facts about hints for DDE (and Hubble tension)" starting 38:26
October 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Dragan Huterer's DESI 3-Year Analysis talk yesterday at EuCAPT Virtual Colloquium
cds.cern.ch/record/2945960
A little teaser at 43:27: Are the LCDM tension & Hubble tension related?
His take is no, they're different, from segment "5 facts about hints for DDE (and Hubble tension)" starting 38:26
cds.cern.ch/record/2945960
A little teaser at 43:27: Are the LCDM tension & Hubble tension related?
His take is no, they're different, from segment "5 facts about hints for DDE (and Hubble tension)" starting 38:26
Reposted by J R D M B
#26 Will Kinney - Before the Big Bang, Inflation, Infinity of Worlds
youtu.be/HSZtn0yKPBI
youtu.be/HSZtn0yKPBI
#26 Will Kinney - Before the Big Bang, Inflation, Infinity of Worlds
YouTube video by Cool Worlds Podcast
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
#26 Will Kinney - Before the Big Bang, Inflation, Infinity of Worlds
youtu.be/HSZtn0yKPBI
youtu.be/HSZtn0yKPBI
The Oct 6 - 10 STScI NHFP Symposium has 2 sessions of #cosmology talks.
Videos stream the entire session, I broke out links to the individual talks at: jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html?s1=...
Symposium site:
www.stsci.edu/contents/eve...
Symposium session playlists:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Videos stream the entire session, I broke out links to the individual talks at: jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html?s1=...
Symposium site:
www.stsci.edu/contents/eve...
Symposium session playlists:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
October 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The Oct 6 - 10 STScI NHFP Symposium has 2 sessions of #cosmology talks.
Videos stream the entire session, I broke out links to the individual talks at: jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html?s1=...
Symposium site:
www.stsci.edu/contents/eve...
Symposium session playlists:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Videos stream the entire session, I broke out links to the individual talks at: jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html?s1=...
Symposium site:
www.stsci.edu/contents/eve...
Symposium session playlists:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Unusual number and variety of #cosmology talks released just yesterday & today (so far):
GGI Galaxy Clustering event (12)
Schrödinger Inst: Cosmic LSS event (6)
CosmoVerse (1)
CMB Bharat (1)
U of Minn (1)
Links at cosmology researcher talks database app: jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html
GGI Galaxy Clustering event (12)
Schrödinger Inst: Cosmic LSS event (6)
CosmoVerse (1)
CMB Bharat (1)
U of Minn (1)
Links at cosmology researcher talks database app: jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html
September 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Unusual number and variety of #cosmology talks released just yesterday & today (so far):
GGI Galaxy Clustering event (12)
Schrödinger Inst: Cosmic LSS event (6)
CosmoVerse (1)
CMB Bharat (1)
U of Minn (1)
Links at cosmology researcher talks database app: jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html
GGI Galaxy Clustering event (12)
Schrödinger Inst: Cosmic LSS event (6)
CosmoVerse (1)
CMB Bharat (1)
U of Minn (1)
Links at cosmology researcher talks database app: jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html
Reposted by J R D M B
We’ve just started the workshop Putting the Cosmic Large-scale Structure on the Map: Theory Meets Numerics, organised by @cosmohahn.bsky.social, Cornelius Rampf & Cora Uhlemann. A full week of exciting talks and discussions is ahead. 🌌
📎 Info: www.esi.ac.at/events/e576/
📎 Info: www.esi.ac.at/events/e576/
September 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
We’ve just started the workshop Putting the Cosmic Large-scale Structure on the Map: Theory Meets Numerics, organised by @cosmohahn.bsky.social, Cornelius Rampf & Cora Uhlemann. A full week of exciting talks and discussions is ahead. 🌌
📎 Info: www.esi.ac.at/events/e576/
📎 Info: www.esi.ac.at/events/e576/
What #cosmology papers have a publicly available author's talk/lecture?
The Cosmology Researcher Talks app has those links, e.g.
Adam Riess - 2509.01667
Bhuvnesh Jain - 2508.14019
Eiichiro Komatsu - 2509.13654
Mikhail Ivanov - 2507.01667
Vera Gluscevic - 2503.15592
jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html
The Cosmology Researcher Talks app has those links, e.g.
Adam Riess - 2509.01667
Bhuvnesh Jain - 2508.14019
Eiichiro Komatsu - 2509.13654
Mikhail Ivanov - 2507.01667
Vera Gluscevic - 2503.15592
jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html
September 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
What #cosmology papers have a publicly available author's talk/lecture?
The Cosmology Researcher Talks app has those links, e.g.
Adam Riess - 2509.01667
Bhuvnesh Jain - 2508.14019
Eiichiro Komatsu - 2509.13654
Mikhail Ivanov - 2507.01667
Vera Gluscevic - 2503.15592
jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html
The Cosmology Researcher Talks app has those links, e.g.
Adam Riess - 2509.01667
Bhuvnesh Jain - 2508.14019
Eiichiro Komatsu - 2509.13654
Mikhail Ivanov - 2507.01667
Vera Gluscevic - 2503.15592
jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html
Quote from film/book "Tracks" about Robyn Davidson's mostly solo 1,700 mile trek across Western Australian deserts with 4 camels and her dog:
"It seems to me the universe gave us three things to make life bearable: hope, jokes, and dogs. But the greatest of these gifts was dogs."
"It seems to me the universe gave us three things to make life bearable: hope, jokes, and dogs. But the greatest of these gifts was dogs."
September 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Quote from film/book "Tracks" about Robyn Davidson's mostly solo 1,700 mile trek across Western Australian deserts with 4 camels and her dog:
"It seems to me the universe gave us three things to make life bearable: hope, jokes, and dogs. But the greatest of these gifts was dogs."
"It seems to me the universe gave us three things to make life bearable: hope, jokes, and dogs. But the greatest of these gifts was dogs."
Just found out about Anna's Archive, the FAQ calls it "The largest truly open library in human history"
annas-archive.li/faq
Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%27...
A note of thanks to @anitaleirfall.bsky.social, saw it from an article she posted
annas-archive.li/faq
Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%27...
A note of thanks to @anitaleirfall.bsky.social, saw it from an article she posted
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - Anna’s Archive
The world’s largest open-source open-data library. Mirrors Sci-Hub, Library Genesis, Z-Library, and more.
annas-archive.li
September 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Just found out about Anna's Archive, the FAQ calls it "The largest truly open library in human history"
annas-archive.li/faq
Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%27...
A note of thanks to @anitaleirfall.bsky.social, saw it from an article she posted
annas-archive.li/faq
Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%27...
A note of thanks to @anitaleirfall.bsky.social, saw it from an article she posted
I found this very interesting: 56 slides of Berkeley Cosmology Group 2025 introductions, one slide per person on their research and interests. Many are active on bsky.
==> cosmology.lbl.gov/talks/BCCP_2...
BCG site cosmology.lbl.gov & seminars page cosmology.lbl.gov/sem_bcg_futu...
#cosmology
==> cosmology.lbl.gov/talks/BCCP_2...
BCG site cosmology.lbl.gov & seminars page cosmology.lbl.gov/sem_bcg_futu...
#cosmology
September 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I found this very interesting: 56 slides of Berkeley Cosmology Group 2025 introductions, one slide per person on their research and interests. Many are active on bsky.
==> cosmology.lbl.gov/talks/BCCP_2...
BCG site cosmology.lbl.gov & seminars page cosmology.lbl.gov/sem_bcg_futu...
#cosmology
==> cosmology.lbl.gov/talks/BCCP_2...
BCG site cosmology.lbl.gov & seminars page cosmology.lbl.gov/sem_bcg_futu...
#cosmology
Tensions in Cosmology 2025 conference in Corfu, Sept 2-8
indico.cern.ch/event/154469...
There are ~80 talks and almost all have slides, as did previous events in the series in 2023 and 2022 (no videos). Database app for searches (+ note separate talk videos app): jrdmb.netlify.app/crsl.html?s1...
indico.cern.ch/event/154469...
There are ~80 talks and almost all have slides, as did previous events in the series in 2023 and 2022 (no videos). Database app for searches (+ note separate talk videos app): jrdmb.netlify.app/crsl.html?s1...
Tensions in Cosmology 2025
For registration click here: https://www.physics.ntua.gr/corfu2025/registration.html
indico.cern.ch
September 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Tensions in Cosmology 2025 conference in Corfu, Sept 2-8
indico.cern.ch/event/154469...
There are ~80 talks and almost all have slides, as did previous events in the series in 2023 and 2022 (no videos). Database app for searches (+ note separate talk videos app): jrdmb.netlify.app/crsl.html?s1...
indico.cern.ch/event/154469...
There are ~80 talks and almost all have slides, as did previous events in the series in 2023 and 2022 (no videos). Database app for searches (+ note separate talk videos app): jrdmb.netlify.app/crsl.html?s1...